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- Title
- Sheldon Jackson Papers
- Description
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Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) founded churches and missions throughout the West and Alaska. He was named U.S. General Agent for Education in Alaska in 1885. This collection includes Sheldon Jackson's journals, correspondence, and photographs relating to Jackson's work for the Board of National Missions in the West until 1877 and then in Alaska, and his personal mission to make the Presbyterian Church and U.S. government aware of problems in Alaska. Digitization funded by the Alaska Library Network and the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Group of Alaska Native girls. - Creator Name(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska., Indians of North America Missions--Educational work., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missionaries--Alaska., Pioneers--Alaska., Reindeer--Alaska., Education--Alaska., Home missions--West (U.S.), Home missions--Alaska., Indians of North America--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--Alaska., Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska, North and Central America--United States--Alaska, Alaska.
- Physical Location
- RG 239; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
- Identifier (local)
- rg239
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:sheldon_jackson
- Title
- An appeal for Alaska.
- Creator Name(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
- Date Created
- 1880, ca. 1880
- Name Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Executive Committee for Home Missions.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Alaska.
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska., Alaska., North and Central America--United States--Alaska
- Physical Location
- JACKSONPAM 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- An appeal for Alaska.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33393
- Identifier (local)
- jacksonpam_4
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:90619
- Title
- The neglect of education in Alaska.
- Description
- Address given by Sheldon Jackson on March 23, 1882, in Washington at an unidentified national meeting of educators and printed in Circulars of information for 1882, Department of Superintendence, from which this has been extracted.
- Creator Name(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
- Date Created
- 1882
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Alaska., Education--Alaska.
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska., Alaska., Alaska, North and Central America--United States--Alaska
- Physical Location
- JACKSON 289; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- The neglect of education in Alaska.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33503
- Identifier (local)
- jackson_289
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:90652
- Title
- Sheldon Jackson.
- Description
- Sheldon Jackson in animal furs.
- Date Created
- ca. 1855-1909, 1855
- Name Subject(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missionaries--Alaska--Portraits., Missionaries--West (U.S.)
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska, West (U.S.)
- Physical Location
- RG 414; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) Biographical Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83724
- Identifier (local)
- ds565
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:5019